Lots of 0day – WSWiR Episode 136

Every network admin I know is buried under a list of tasks, and has little time to spend learning about the latest information security news. If that sounds like you, check out our weekly news recap video.

This episode, from the third week of January, covers rumors the NSA hacked North Korea, a warning about attackers exploiting an zero day Flash flaw, Oracle’s quarterly critical patch day, and more. Watch the video for more details, and check out the References section below for all the links.

(Episode Runtime: 4:45)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4i6zGmXyRg

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Daily Security Bytes:
  • Monday: NSA Hacks DPRK – Daily Security Byte EP.6
  • Tuesday: Oracle CPU Jan. 2015 – Daily Security Byte EP.7
  • Wednesday: Flash 0day – Daily Security Byte EP.8
  • Thursday: Barrett Brown Case – Daily Security Byte EP.9
  • Friday: Three OS X 0day – Daily Security Byte EP.10
• NSA allegedly hacked North Korea years ago
  • US had pwned North Korea networks long ago – Reuters
  • New York Times article on NSA tapping DPRK – NY Times
  • Snowden leaks share classified  source document – Der Spiegel
  • Robert Graham doesn’t believe this story – Errata Sec
• Oracle’s quarterly Critical Patch Update
  • Litchfield finds crazy Oracle eBusiness Suite vulnerability – Forbes 
  • Oracle Critical Patch Update fixes 169 flaws – Oracle
• Flash 0day leverage in the wild
  • Flash 0day exploited in the wild – Malware Don’t Need Coffee
  • Adobe already released a patch – Adobe
• Barrett Brown trial
  • Barrett Brown Sentenced to 63 months in prison – The Verge
  • Barrett Brown statement on “the rule of law enforcement” – The Guardian
  • Boing Boing on Barrett Brown’s Sentence – Boing Boing
• Project Zero outs three OS X vulnerabilities – CNET

EXTRAS:

• 1800 Minecraft passwords leaked; mostly German – Heise
• GCHQ and NSA have been snooping on journalists (as a “test”)  – The Guardian
• PolarSSL suffers a serious security vulnerability – Threatpost
• Krebs’ primer on various types of digital CC theft – KrebsonSecurity
• Vulnerabilities in VLC affect Windows XP users – Naked Security
• iStegSiri: Using Siri’s communications for Steganography – Security Week
• Linux malware still leveraging ShellShock – Malware Must Die
• Quick analysis of Cryptowall 3.0 traffic – SANS ISC Diary
• Apparently Obama supports backdoors in encryption – WSJ
• Unnamed sources say Sony hack involved 0day – Re/code
• Beyond Trust releases tester script for MS telnet issue – PasteBin
• Employees the weakest link. Perhaps we’ll take end user training serious now – Computing
• Malware hidden in official League of Legends installer (Asia) – Ars Technica
• Australian travel insurance company breached – ZDNet
• Snowden won’t use an iPhone due to paranoia – BGR
• POS Malware found at Texas WingStops – SC Magazine
• Ubuntu releases some security updates – ThreatPost
• Interesting stories around the Silk Road trial
  • Did Mt Gox owner set up Ulbicht? – Ars Technica
  • At least 20% of the defendant’s Bitcoin comes from Silk Road – Ars Technica
  • Ulbricht’s family was surprised by his involvement – Ars Technica
• Wired’s great article on some of Obama’s proposed “cyber” changes – Wired
• Lizard squad members arrested, and Stressor tool customers leaked – Digital Trends
• NSA hijacks criminal botnets to load their own malware – Computer World
• Healthcare.gov is sending your info to others – EFF
• A seven year old girls pulls of a WiFi MitM attack – Information Age
• Commentary on potential CFAA changes – TechDirt
• Negative commentary around Obama’s SOTU on cyber security – Gizmodo
• More plead guilty to Xbox IP stealing charges – Phys.org
• Twitter launches new two-factor authentication option – The Verge
• TOOL: Privacy Badger extension from EFF – EFF
• TOOL: Nice article on using PEStudio to unveil potential malware – BetaNews

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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